A rare May heat wave

Temperatures soared into the 80s on Wednesday and Thursday.

Adam Langowski of Bremerton introduces his 11-month-old son Alrek to the water at Island Lake Park near Silverdale on Thursday. Clouds are forecast to return to the area Friday, and by Saturday it could be downright rainy again.

A canoeist paddles in Sinclair Inlet on Wednesday.

A Bremerton man enjoys his morning coffee on the roof of his house on Wednesday.

Elijah Schramek, 10, rides his unicycle along the Clear Creek Trail on Thursday. Temperatures reached into the high 80s during an unusually warm May day. That didn’t stop the Silver Ridge Elementary fifth grader from heading outside. He has been riding unicycles since the third grade, and last year, he rode his unicycle in the Whaling Days Parade. (Rachel Anne Seymour/Kitsap Sun)

Jerry Teisan of Belfair cools down his dog Cece at the Mary E. Theler Community Center and Wetlands on Thursday. He volunteers to date the plants, and said his dog loves the water.

Kolton Hallwirth, 13, paints a watercolor of the giant rock at Poulsbo Waterfront Park on Thursday. Kolton and Derek Gundy, his painting instructor from Artists’ Edge, took advantage of the warm sunny day and took their lesson outdoors for inspiration.